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Northshore October 2025
Much has changed in Newburyport in the quarter century since a young Jim Rogers, then a Newburyport High School student and football star, washed dishes part time in the local restaurant that would alter the course of his life. It wasn’t just any Newburyport restaurant. In a town populated with everyday pubs, fish shacks, and family diners, Rogers was lucky to land a job at Scandia, situated smack in the middle of salty old State Street, a door or two down from the iconic Fowle’s diner and newsstand. With its sophisticated food and enlightened hospitality, Scandia was light years ahead of its Newburyport neighbors. Those who
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